Eater’s national critic Bill Addison released his annual list this week, the result of 32 weeks of travel and over 500 meals in 36 cities.

“In polarizing times, these places don’t just exemplify culinary excellence — they foster hospitality and pleasure and purpose in their communities,” he wrote. “They show us who we are and who we can be.”

Addison praised the Wooster Street pizzeria, which opened in 1938, as “the finest of the town’s legendary pie shops.” “The crust (a definitive nexus of bready and crackery), the sauce (pure tomato tang), and the cheese (spare, and yet somehow ample) fuse into utter glory,” he wrote.

Sally’s is just one of two New England restaurants on Addison’s 2017 list. The other, Eventide Oyster Bar in Portland, Maine, is noted as an “Eater Hall of Fame restaurant, on this list for three consecutive years.”

Problem Solved Brewing Company keeps its beers rotating consistently. Full story here.

Problem Solved Brewing Company keeps its beers rotating consistently. Full story here.

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Problem Solved Brewing Company keeps its beers rotating consistently. Full story here.

Problem Solved Brewing Company keeps its beers rotating consistently. Full story here.

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SONG Restaurant in West Hartford offers what its owners call “Chinese tapas” — a menu of small shareable plates, noodle dishes, fried rice and various soups, pulling from cultural and culinary influences across different regions of China. Full story here.

SONG Restaurant in West Hartford offers what its owners call “Chinese tapas” — a menu of small shareable plates, noodle dishes, fried rice and various soups, pulling from cultural and culinary influences across different regions of China. Full story here.